Before I actually started chemotherapy I spent enormous amounts of time searching the Web for articles, blogs, anything that would give me an idea of what it would be like.…

You know how in some older TV shows or movies there would sometimes be a character that has a stress-induced heart attack or “episode”? They were usually a work-a-holic that…

I just finished sorting some laundry in the closet. I’m sitting on the step stool I often sit on for sorting and putting on shoes. I move to get up…

Back when I was going to the gym, I would play a game with myself to get through workouts that were wearing thin. Doing intervals on an elliptical, I might…

Today I start Cycle #9 in the 17 cycles of chemotherapy for Ewings Sarcoma.  We are, officially, half way!!!  Wheee!!! Of course it all started before the chemo, there were…

I’m sure I’ve written about fatigue before, but it’s such a bizarre thing when it happens, I like to revisit it. There’s tired and there’s fatigue. Tired causes sleep. Fatigue…

I’m in a weird place. I feel like I should update, but I’m feeling kind of … blah. A year ago I was just coming home from our annual trip…

For those following the saga, Cycle 6 was a 5-day inpatient. It’s most important features were: Officially 1/3 of the way through treatment, My sister arrive mid-treatment (sister #1 in…

We can pray for things (“Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes-Benz”). We can pray for people (“Please heal Martin’s cancer.” “Please help me not be such an asshole”). We…

I’ve always liked silver linings. Not for my own gripes, mind you, but for other people’s issues. It can be annoying, I’m sure. You say your vacuum cleaner is broken?…